Past Exhibitions
Kurt Weiser: Eden Revisited
Sherman Gallery
May 29 - August 24
The first major survey of the ceramic work of Kurt Weiser, Regents Professor at Arizona State University and former director of the Archie Bray Foundation. Kurt is a true postmodernist. His intriguing narratives and lush imagery—china-painted onto porcelain vessels—combine daydreams, travels, and exotic fantasies. Organized by the ASU Art Museum’s Ceramics Research Center, Eden Revisited is curated by Peter Held and sponsored by the Windgate Charitable Foundation.
Of the Earth: Beck and Baraz
Artworks Gallery
July 1-27
Helenans Nan Beck and Joseph Baraz have an eye for the material of this earth. Beck interprets local rock surfaces in her mixed media paintings, and Baraz carves stone and bends lead sheets into abstract sculpture.
15th Annual Holter Art Auction (click for additional information)
Bair and Millikan galleries
June 6 – June 26
Opening Reception: Friday, June 6, 6-8pm
Gala and Live Auction: Saturday, June 28, 5:30-10pm
5:30-6:30 Art viewing, live music, cocktails, & hors d'oeuvres
6:30-7:30 Dinner by the SIlver Star Steakhouse
7:40 Silent auction closes
7:45 Live auction begins
The Holter Museum presents an exciting selection from among the finest work of Montana and regional artists: ceramic vessels and sculpture, painting both figurative and abstract, works on paper, fine wood objects and furniture, hand-crafted jewelry, and mixed media. The annual benefit gala and live auction support the Museum’s exhibition and education programs.
Perceptions: Two Montana Handweavers
Artworks/Nicholson Gallery
June 3-29
In conjunction with Fiber Conference in Helena, the Holter presents exquisite shawls and scarves by Wilsall handweaver Sarah Pilgrim and handsome rugs by Lewistown handweaver Susan Ostlind Lohmuller. Presented in collaboration with the Montana Association of Weavers and Spinners biennial conference.
Gary Horinek: Mentor
April 4-June 15
High Gallery
Installation artist and wheat farmer Gary Horinek creates a dramatic and interactive faux landscape in the High Gallery. Horinek recreates the environment of the Montana Hi-Line that he explored as a child, calling on the landscape as mentor and using specific objects as metaphors to tell a fragmented story of what ultimately is a story of self.
Then & Now
April 22-May 18
Artworks & Nicholson Galleries
A sampling of the earliest and most recent work of Holter Museum staff and art teachers, designed to complement the work of young artists exhibiting in Youth Electrum.
Youth Electrum
Sherman, Bair, and Millikan Galleries
April 25 - May 18
Be delighted, be amused, be in awe when this year's Youth Electrum reminds us again of the endless possibilities of art through the youthful eye. Kindergarteners to high school seniors share their talent and creative enthusiasm.
Generously sponsored by Sylvan Learning Center
Christiane Buell: Transcontinental Vision
Artworks Gallery
March 25 - April 20
Christiane Buell, born in Zurich, Switzerland, is a graduate of the California College of Arts & Crafts. She has lived in the Helena area since her residency at the Montana Artists Refuge. Buell’s oil paintings, developed through a process of layering, sanding, over-painting, and scraping, achieve a lyrical response to the natural environment.
George Longfish: A Retrospective
Bair Gallery
January 25 - April 15
As an educator, curator, and artist, George Longfish has made significant contributions to the identity and visibility of the contemporary Native American art movement. Known for his mixed media paintings, Longfish often uses humor and irony to address the issues of decolonization and Native American identity. This traveling exhibition, spanning Longfish’s 35-year career, originates from the Montana Museum of Art and Culture and travels under the auspices of the Montana Museum and Art Gallery Directors Association.
Speaking Volumes: Transforming Hate
Sherman and Millikan Galleries
January 25 - April 15
Seeking to promote arts-based civic dialogue, the Holter Museum of Art invited artists to reflect upon, respond to, or transform white supremacist hate propaganda published by the World Church of the Creator and acquired by the Museum’s project partner, the Montana Human Rights Network. More than one hundred artists from coast to coast—working as individuals and as teams—responded to the Museum’s call for entry in astonishing ways, using a wide range of media: sculpture, video, painting, photography, collage, printmaking, mixed media, book arts, beadwork, fiber, installation, and performance. The startling and moving result, Speaking Volumes: Transforming Hate, will travel throughout Montana after the exhibition closes in Helena. Click here for more information about Speaking Volumes: Transforming Hate.
Ryan Mitchell: Oscillations of Optimism
Artworks Gallery
Installation February 26 - March 23
The Holter Museum presents the work of Missoula-based ceramic artist Ryan Mitchell in a month-long exhibition in the Museum’s Artworks Gallery. The exhibition, Oscillations of Optimism, features Mitchell’s wood- and salt-fired ceramic vessels and wall pieces. Work in the Artworks Gallery is for sale.
Out of the Vault
High Gallery
January 25 - February 24
This one-month exhibition in the High Gallery will house more than a hundred works from the Holter Museum’s permanent collection. Recently, the Holter was awarded a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services with matching funds from Miriam Sample to purchase painting storage racks for the collection vault. While these much-needed sliding screens are being installed in the vault, the collection is coming out. We welcome you to come celebrate this exciting addition to our vault while honoring works from some of the region’s most acclaimed artists.
Jim Todd
Artworks and Nicholson Galleries
January 25 - February 24
January 30 - Todd will present a slide talk, "An Art Historical Perspective: Art and Society"
James Todd's life as an artist and educator revolves around understanding and interpreting political and social themes. this exhibition of lack and white and hand-colored wood engravings presents the master printmaker's wry and ointed commentary on teh culture and polictics of our time.
Ho Ho Holter Holiday Gift Sale
Sherman Gallery and Holter Museum Store
November 9 - December 30
Shop for unique gifts from more than 100 regional artists.
Desert Dreamscapes
Contemporary Aboriginal Paintings
High Gallery
June 15 - December 30, 2007
Contemporary Aboriginal Paintings from the Collection of Levi and Kaplan, through Dec 30. Stunning, colorful abstract paintings based on traditional Aboriginal “Dreaming” stories. Includes two-week artist residency with Andrea Nungurrayi Martin from September 24 – October 5.
Rudy Remembered: Selections from the Holter Museum Permanent Collection
Millikan Gallery
August 24 - December 30
Works on paper by the legendary Montana artist Rudy Autio (1926-2007).
Composition of Sound: Jerry Rankin and Wally Hansen
Bair Gallery
August 24 - December 30
An exploration of rhythm, interval, structure, and time in painting and printmaking, inspired by the music of J.S. Bach, by two Bozeman area artists.
Andrea Nungarrayi Martin - Sealed-Bid Auction
Artworks Gallery
October 18 - November 1
Six paintings by Australian Aboriginal artist Andrea Nungarrayi Martin will be auctioned off to the public in a sealed-bid auction that will run for two weeks. Martin recently spent two weeks as an artist in residence at the Holter Museum of Art. Students from around the county painted their own Aboriginal paintings while Martin created, in the traditional Aboriginal dot painting style, the six paintings now being offered by auction at the Holter.
Yuendumu!
Artworks Gallery
September 2 - December 30
These contemporary aboriginal paintings from the Warlukurlangu Artist's Aboriginal Association in Yuendumu, Australia, are for sale in the Artworks Gallery.Owned and governed by its more than 600 members, Warlukurlangu Art Center is famous for its gloriously colorful paintings. This exhibition accompanies the Desert Dreamscapes exhibition. 20th Anniversary Holter Art Auction
Sherman Gallery
August 24-September 14
Auction: September 14
Featuring the best of contemporary art in Montana by 50 Montana artists.
Jason Jonas: Emerging
Artworks Gallery
August 24 - September 21
Collage-inspired photorealist paintings juxtaposing images of people, animals, plants, and popular culture, by Helena artist Jason Jonas. Works available for sale in the Holter Museum’s Artworks Gallery.
ANA 35
A National Juried Exhibition
Sherman, Bair, and Millikan Galleries
Juror: Willem Volkersz
Michael Moore Drawings
Artworks Gallery
July 21 - August 19, 2007
Few people work with charcoal as beautifully as Michael Moore. He captures the beauty and drama of the mountains, desert, and river in an especially powerful way.
Youth Electrum
Sherman, Bair, and Millikan Galleries
May 4 - May 27, 2007
Helena-area students from elementary to high school bedazzle, provoke, and amuse in what has come to be the Holter Museum of Art's most popular exhibit - invogorating art not to be missed!
Hausfrau: Recent works by Chris Antemann
Artworks Galleries
March 6 - April 26, 2007
Antemann’s beautifully decorated porcelain sculptures create narratives inspired by the domestic realm that we live in. Antemann finds her inspiration in the design and images of old collectibles such as porcelain figurines and fine china.
Jay Crider and Matthew Wolfe
Artworks Gallery
January 16 - March 5, 2007
Colorful paintings, drawings, and prints of whimsical caricatures and imaginative creature by two Helena-area artists.
Holter Museum Collection: Recent Acquisitions
Millikan Gallery
January 16 - April 22, 2007
Recent acquisitions to the Holter Museum's permanent collection, including ceramic works by Richard Notkin and Kurt Weiser, and paintings by Gennie DeWeese, Harold Scholtzhauer, and Phoebe Toland.
James Castle
From Icehouse to Early Attic: Art and Books
Sherman Gallery
January 16 - April 22, 2007
Powerful drawings and handmade books by the Pacific Northwest's most renowned outsider artist.
Bill Stockton: The Uncommonness of Life
Bair Gallery
January 16 - April 22, 2007
Works on paper by one of Montana's legendary modern artists, depicting scenes and people at his sheep ranch in Grass Range.
International Language
High Gallery
January 16 - June 10, 2007
Drawings by eight artists of diverse cultural heritage demonstrate that drawing is a language we all speak and which transcends differences in geography and culture.
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